Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-27
CHMDREN'S THANKSGIVING,

To the Editor Of the Eagle
Among the reports of happy Thanksgiv-
ings the children OF Wichita should not be
forgotten.
There are at the present time about 1000
children attending school here Through
the kindness of Mr. Chichester. superin-
tendent of the public schools, permission
was given to distribute 5000 little paper
bags for the children TO fill the day before
Thanksgiving with eata5les of some kind
for the benefit of the Benevolent Home.
On Wednesday morning at 9 O'Clock
the bags began TO arrive, and before
dark there were over Z, 900 bags at the Home
full of supplies Many little bags con-
tanned one apple, one potato, one onion and
turnip, and some discarded the small
bags and sent peck of apples potatoes,
etc. One bag contained a sweet potato
weighing four pounds, with 80 cent piece
attached. Some idea may be formed of
the amount in the bags by the accompany
ing list of articles and also by the informa-
ton that six ladies worked the whole OF
the day asserting the contents of the bags,
and several of them the whole of Friday
before the labor of love was ended
Many of the children have asked which
school sent the most in proportion to the
number of scholars. Oak st. Kellogg st.
and the first ward led, but the fifth, fourth
second and Lewis Academy come close be
hind. The children may well feel pleased
and happy when they see the list of ar
ticles which their little hands brought in.
This supplies the home with board for
many day and the directors sincerely
thank the children. barrels of apples, S
barrels Irish potatoes. barrels sweet po-
tatoes, 2 barrels -four, l barrel grannlated
sugar, 25 pounds coffee sugar, 25 pounds
assorted dried fruit, 100 pounds rice, 50
pounds oatmeal, 40 pounds coffee, 80
graham -four, 80 pounds hominy. 10 pounds
butter, 9 pounds tea, 6 boxes of crackers,
l box fancy seed cakes, box molases gin
ger snaps. pounds corn starch. package
cracked wheat, package allspice, l pack
age ginger, 2 packages salt pork. l peck
lima beans, box fancy soap, box tooth
picks, box rough on rats, 1S1 cans fruits
and vegetables, cans of oysters,
pounds cheese, 3 pounds tapioca, Spounds
dried apples, pounds sage, bushel cab
bage, l. . bushel corn meal, 2 bushel white
beans bushel cranberries, 8 bushel tur-
nips, u bushel onions, 10 bushel beets,
1-2 bushel nuts, p pounds table salt, 3
pounds dried sweet corn, 3 pounds dried
raisins, pound pepper, 2 pounds dried
beef, 3 pounds beef steak. small sack
pop corn, small sack yellow corn, loaf
fruit cake, & loaves white cake, 20 loaves
bread, 2 quarts dried peas, cakes of soap,
s cans pickles, ID glasses of jelly, "A or
anges go lemons, squash, 2 boxes matches,
2 boxes sardines, 1-2 gallon molasses, 10
pounds sausage meat, Is chickens, tur
keys, OK hearts, bottle catsup, l bottle
essence, bag of green grapes.
Mrs. a. BAsLEY, Pres
Mrs EMMA KENT, Sec.
The directors of the Ladies' Benevolent
Home make acknowledgment of the fol-
lowing donations as Thanksgiving offer
ings to the Home, in addition to the dona
tions from the academy and the public
schools:
Mrs. s. L. Davidson, groceries, SO; Mrs.
Kessler, butter, tea potatoes, rice, turnips,
one chicken and bundle bedding; an un-
known farmer, bushel sweet potatoes and
large package sausage meat; Metropolitan
Police Haines 1 chicken and package cur
rants: unknown donor, per Keller's gro
Gerry wagon, coffee, sugar and tea; Mrs.
Doc Lee, large can grapes; Mrs. H. c. Rug
giles, AZ quarts canned goods; j. NJ. Allen,
paper sacks for schools, S5.65; Mrs. George
X. Kaizer, use of horse and wagon.